Cast
- Renée Zellweger as Roxanne "Roxie" Hart, a housewife who aspires to be a vaudevillian.
- Catherine Zeta-Jones as Velma Kelly, a showgirl who is arrested for the murders of her husband and her sister.
- Richard Gere as Billy Flynn, a duplicitous, smooth-talking lawyer who turns his clients into celebrities to gain public support for them.
- Queen Latifah as Matron "Mama" Morton, the corrupt matron of the Cook County Jail.
- John C. Reilly as Amos Hart, Roxie's naïve, simple-minded, but devoted husband.
- Christine Baranski as Mary Sunshine, an overtrusting reporter who only highlights the good in people (a role originally intended to be played by a man in drag).
- Taye Diggs as The Bandleader, a shadowy, mystical master of ceremonies who introduces each song.
- Lucy Liu as Kitty Baxter, a millionaire heiress who briefly outshines Velma and Roxie when she kills her husband and his two mistresses.
- Dominic West as Frederick "Fred" Casely, Roxie's deceitful lover and murder victim.
- Colm Feore as Harrison, the prosecutor in both Roxie and Velma's court cases.
- Jayne Eastwood as Mrs. Borusewicz, the Harts neighbor from across the hall.
- Chita Rivera as Nicky.
- Susan Misner, Denise Faye, Deidre Goodwin, Ekaterina Chtchelkanova, and Mýa Harrison as The Merry Murderesses (Liz, Annie, June, Katalin Helinszki (Hunyak), and Mona).
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